Cake package or the like



M y 1939. T. c. WELTMER I CAKE PACKAGE OR THE LIKE Filed Oct. 14, 1936 q p 7 2 a Z Z n/. a

Patented May 2, 1939 UNITED I.

CAKE. PACKAGE OR THE; LIKE Tracy 0. Weltmer, Kansas by mesne assignments, to

Corporation, Kansas Delaware Application October 14, 1936, Serial 1 Claim.

This invention relates to cake package or the like, of the type in which the cake or other article is visible while protected against mutilation or exposure to the air.

An object of the invention is to provide a low-' cost package which will be at the same time sturdy and will display the cake conspicuously so as to enforce its attractiveness to the prospective purchaser.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description taken together with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a and pad for my improved package;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 with a cake partially shown in broken lines and a closure for the package added;

Figure 3 is a frame alone.

Referring to the illustrative construction shown in the drawing, my improved frame I E] is advantageously formed of a continuous wire extending for a part of its length as at II which is then bent outwardly as at l2, and then bent for part of its length as at I3 right-angularly to both the parts H and I2. It is again bent right-angularly for a part of its length as at M and again at [5, this latter part being parallel to the part l3. The bend I6 is similar to the bend I2 but inwardly directed and the part I! is parallel to the part II. At the end of the part 11 the part is again bent as at I8, this time outwardly, and the part I9 is bent right-angularly to both the parts ll, l8 and parallel to the parts l3 and i5. The part 20 is bent rightangularly to the part 19. The part 2| is again parallel to the parts I3, l and I9. At its extreme end the wire is bent at 22 inwardly, parallel to the part l2 and is joined, as by brazing or the like, as at 23, to the end of the part ll. Thus the wire is bent to form a closed loop and is also bent intermediately at intervals of its ength to form alternate oppositely facing U- ;hape frame portions together forming a partllelopiped frame. As shown, the two oppositely lisposed parallel lengths of the wire, in this in tance l l and I1, being inwardly offset, provide a support for a cake pad 24 which is desirably ormed of cardboard or the like and which is .dapted to support a bakery product such as the ake partially indicated in broken lines as at 25, 'igs. 1 and 2. a

perspective view of my improved perspective view of the frame City, Mo., assignor, Interstate Bakeries City, Mo., a corporation of In practice the cake is placed upon the pad 2 3 while the icing, for example, on the cake is still unsolidified, and the solidification of the icing forms a bond as at 26 between the cake and prevents casual displacement of the cake on the pad.

In order to more conspicuously display the cake in the package and thus render it more attractive to the prospective purchaser the pad 24 is desirably elevated at its center above its margins 2? which rest upon the wire portions II and ii, an offset 28 extending around the pad inwardly spaced from its margin 27, thus forming an upwardly directed recess in the bottom of the pad and elevating the cake above the margin as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

In order to prevent casual displacement of the pad with respect to the wire frame, the pad interlocking engagement, as for instance the corners of the pad may be notched as at 29 to receive the wire frame, the pad being preferably just large enough to snugly fit the frame.

It will be understood, of course, that the frame is large enough to clear the cake 25 at all points 0 that when a closure such as a Cellophane wrapper 30 is wrapped around the article so far described, and sealed, the wrapper is out of consealed against exposure or handling, while still being fully visible to the prospective purchaser.

Having described my invention, I claim:

embodying a carding U-shape portions together defining a rectangular parallelopiped, portions of the wire being inwardly offset toward the center of the parallelopiped by substantially right-angle return bends to provide a substantially horizontal support having parts of the wire extending in four directions in a single plane, said support receiving margins of said pad thereon while the oifset portion of the pad projects further into the parallelopiped and being wholly within the parallelopiped while leaving the parallelopiped rectangular, corners of said pad being notched to receive said return bends.

TRACY C. WEL'I'MER. 

